Milk-can closure



Patented Nov. 13, 1923..

uni-rsstares JOHN H. BRIEHL, `OI" STITZER, WISCONSIN.

MILK-CAN CLOSURE.

Application filed May 8,

To all LU/m t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JOHN H. BRIEHL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stitzer, in the county of Grant and State of e "Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a Milk-Can Closure; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others l@ skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a closure for cans particularly of the type adapted to contain and transport milk and cream.

It is aimed to provide a closure which may be readily Stamped from sheet metal, with few parts, will maintain the contents of the can in a sanitary condition, permit ventilation, exclude insects and foreign se matter, and which will particularly shed rain in order that it will not enter the can or closure, and to provide a device of this kind having a. novel handle which is utilized to reinforce the structure.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings.

In said drawings a0 Figure 1 is a view showing the closure in elevation and in place in a can, the latter being shown .fragmentarily and in section;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view Vthrough the closure;

Figure 3 is an inverted plan view of the closure. Y

Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in the different views.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the e@ closure is generally designated A and adapted to fit and for appli-cation to the neck of a can such vas thatI fragmentarily illustrated at B. This can B is of the type which usually contains milk, cream or the like for transport-ation. However, the illustration B is to be taken as conventional inasmuch as the closure is capable of use generally in connection with cans and receptacles.

ln reducing the invention to practice, an annular wall or rim is provided at 10. This rim may be made in a single piece of sheet metal, suitably scored inwardly from its upper edge and bent outwardly in order to provide flanges at 11 which limit the extent of insertion of the rim 10 into the can B and 1922. Serial No. 559,348.

support it in a closed position. Said scores or incisions also provide intermediate the flanges 11, attaching struts 12.

A cap plate or canopy 13 is provided, preferably being conical as shown in order to shed water and adapted to project outwardly ybeyond the flanges 11 as shown. The upper ends of the struts 12 are suitably attached to the under surface of the plate 13, as by means of soldering.

A strand of stiff wire or other material 14 has its ends passed through an opening at the apex of the plate 13 so that the free ends may extend interiorly of the closure and be secured to the rim as at 15 in any suitable manner, for instance by means of soldering. A portion of the strand 14: eX* tends outwardly of the closure, preferably being formed into a ring or grip at 16. The opening through which the strand passes at the apex of the plate 13 is of course closed in any suitable manner as by means of soldering.

Surrounding the rim 10 on the interior thereof so as to span openings 17 provided by stamping out the flanges 11, is an open mesh gauze or screen 18, secured in any desired manner, usually by soldering to the rim 10 and the plate 13, and preferably being of metal.

In use, the closure may be applied to the can B like the usual milk can closure, namely by sliding movement into the neck of the can B. The flanges 11 limit the extent of insertion of the closure into the can and thus the openings 17 are disposed above the can and effectively ventilate the contents thereof. `The gauze 18 prevents the entrance of insects and foreign matter into the can. The efliciency of the closure is not affected in rainy weather due to the fact that the cap 13 is inclined and projects outwardly beyond the flanges 11 to shed rain or water.

As merely one practical embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention 1. A closure provided with a rim, the rim having a plurality of flanges integral therewith and struck therefrom, said flanges being disposed outwardly and upwardly, se curing strutsv intermediate the flanges and Ventilating openings between the struts, and

a cap plate supported by said struts above said cap plate extending outwardly. beyond said flanges and in spaced relation thereto. said flanges, and gauze spanning said open- 2. A closure provided with a run, the rim 1n s.

having a. plurality of flanges integral theren testimony whereof I afix my signature 5 with and struck therefrom, said anges bein presence of two witnesses.

ing disposed outwardly and upwardly, se- JOHN H BRIEHL curing struts intermediate the flanges and Ventilating openings between the. struts, a Witnesses: A

cap "plate supported by said struts above VIRGIL L. SGHUPPENER, 10 4said flanges and in spaced relation thereto, VMIRLO BoAsn. 

